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Severe Storms/Heavy Rain on June 11-12, 2012 |
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The early summer often features large clusters of showers and thunderstorms. On June 11th, widespread precipitation swept out of Missouri into Arkansas by late morning. |
| In the picture: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed an MCS (Mesoscale Convective System...or large cluster of showers and thunderstorms) building from southern Missouri into northern and eastern Arkansas during the afternoon of 06/11/2012. |
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The precipitation area propagated to the southeast, and traversed much of the northeast half of the state by late afternoon. Along the way, wind gusts of 60 mph or more downed trees and/or power lines. This was the case just south of Omaha (Boone County), at Marshall (Searcy County), Alread (Van Buren County), Heber Springs (Cleburne County), Floyd (White County), Hickory Plains (Prairie County), Clarendon (Monroe County), Tichnor (Arkansas County) and a few miles northwest of Watson (Desha County).
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In some areas, cool outflow arrived long before rain started. Some spots got wind and no rain. Gusts reached 48 mph at Little Rock National Airport (Pulaski County) at 338 pm CDT. Rain did not start until 426 pm, CDT, and only amounted to a couple of hundredths of an inch.
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| In the picture: The WSR-88D (Doppler Weather Radar) showed severe storms racing to the southeast toward Searcy (White County), with cool outflow outrunning the storms to the south at 300 pm CDT on 06/11/2012. |
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Where rain was more appreciable, amounts were generally between a half inch and an inch. A few spots got over an inch. Gilbert (Searcy County) received 1.86 inches, with 1.62 inches at Omaha (Boone County) and 1.30 inches at Marshall (Searcy County).
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It certainly cooled down across the north/east, with temperatures in the 60s/70s by 300 pm CDT. Readings were in the 90s farther southwest. |
| In the picture: Temperatures at 300 pm CDT on 06/11/2012. |
| The heat in the south/west along with high humidity levels fueled another round of showers and thunderstorms late on the 11th and early on the 12th. |
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| In the picture: The satellite showed a new MCS (Mesoscale Convective System...or large cluster of showers and thunderstorms) heading from northeast Texas and southern Oklhoma into southern Arkansas during the early morning hours of 06/12/2012. Precipitation was along and south of a front pushing through the region from the north. |
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There was not as much severe weather this time, but rain was more substantial. Fallen trees blocked Colonel Glenn Road about 7 miles northwest of Alexander (Pulaski County). A few trees were also pushed over at Stephens (Ouachita County). As far as precipitation, more than three inches of rain was measured in places. Higher amounts in the southeast were the result of both rounds of precipitation featured in this event.
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At St. Charles (Arkansas County), 3.88 inches fell, with 3.59 inches at Magnolia (Columbia County), 3.28 inches at Eudora (Chicot County), 3.05 inches at Malvern (Hot Spring County), 2.74 inches at Portland (Ashley County) and 2.69 inches at Rohwer (Desha County). |
| In the picture: Rainfall with MCS #1 (before 400 pm CDT on 06/11/2012) and #2 (after 400 pm CDT on 06/11/2012). |
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Excessive rain flooded low water crossings in the Gap Creek and Hickory Nut Mountain Recreation Areas (both in Montgomery County).
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| There were reports of damaging winds and hail across the northeast half of Arkansas on June 11th, 2012. There was a few more reports of severe weather and flash flooding in the southwest half of the state late on the 11th/early on the 12th. For a look at some reports, click here.
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| In the picture: Preliminary reports of severe weather and flash flooding in the Little Rock County Warning Area on June 11-12, 2012 (in red). |
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